Help a brother out? (not really a brother)

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>White middle class guy</p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (M 34 E 32 R 29 S 28)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.91 W 3.5 UW</p>

<p>AP Euro: 3</p>

<p>Freshman Year: Honors English, Honors Geometry, regular rest of my classes</p>

<p>Sophmore Year: Honors English, Honors Biology, honors spanish 3, Honors Alg 2 trig first semester, reg 2nd semester, Ap European History, Accounting 1, Gym</p>

<p>Junior year registered scedule: Ap english, ap us history, reg pre calc, reg chem, honors spanish 4, ap macro econ, ap micro, school paper(takes up class period)</p>

<p>Senior year projected Scedule: Ap english, ap psychology, Ap statistics, reg physics, Ap spanish 5, ap government, school paper</p>

<p>Total of 10 aps</p>

<p>ECs:
-School Board Student Representative(only position at school elected by whole student body, I give a speech to the school board every couple weeks that tells them what is going on at the school)
-NHS President
-Will be an Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts Scribe,
-wrote for school paper sophmore year, sports editor and business manager this year, same and possibly writing a column next year. How much would it help if I was Editor in Chief instead senior year?
-Piano lessons since 2nd grade
-Bible study weekly
-active in youth group </p>

<p>Student council member, Sophmore Class Treasurer, Future Business Leaders of America active member.</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Peer Tutor for 10 hours, Teen court every month, total of 20 hours, Mission trip in new orleans (>60 hrs.) various boy scout and student council activities/NHS.</p>

<p>Awards:
-gave 8th grade graduations speech,
-attended northern area and state FBLA leadership conference, placed 5th in Business management decision making at state,
-soon eagle scout(kinda my main one, any good ones I should go for?)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-worked at local theme park over the summer and up to november on the weekends during my sophmore year
-completed an internship for summer before my junior year through a local business that does financial planning, accounting, insurance, etc. 20 hrs. a week,</p>

<p>Sports: -Boys Volleyball Team. (9)
Cross Country (11-12)
Track (11) </p>

<p>This summer:
-Boy’s State
-Mission Trip in Mexico for a week
-Language learning school in Mexico for 3 weeks
-Iowa Journalism Camp 1 week</p>

<p>Schools:
-Illinois Wesleyan
-Kenyon College
-Lawrence University
-Macalester College
-Grinnell College
-George Washington University
-Tulane University
-Vanderbilt University
-University of Chicago</p>

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<p>Oh, I’m sorry, you’re white. I’m afraid you have no chance at anywhere you apply to. </p>

<p>Kidding, but you’re application seems to be nothing special. It is good you are kind of realistic in your choice of schools, although Vanderbilt and Chicago may be out of your league. Adcoms don’t give a **** about mission trips to far away lands, some say they look down upon such activities, and Eagle Scout does not receive as much recognition as you think it would. </p>

<p>The sports you did are not significant at all because you did a slew of random sports instead of choosing one and focusing on it enough to become varsity, so those give you no advantage. </p>

<p>Don’t put anything from middle school on your application, that’s just lame.</p>

<p>There isn’t any focus that can be discerned from the rest of your application, and you don’t have solid academics to fall back on.</p>

<p>You have an okay chance at some of the schools on your list with high acceptance rates, slim chances at U of C and at Vandy.</p>

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<p>I’d give you good chances at every school except Vandy and UChic. Being a fella will help at the LACs you listed.</p>

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<p>I think that one thing that will really work against you at schools like Vanderbilt and U. Chicago are that you aren’t taking the most rigorous courses available (you said that you took mostly regular classes your freshmen year, and reg pre calc and reg chem your junior year). Colleges want to see that you are challenging yourself the most that you possibly can. Otherwise, I think that you have a pretty good chance at the other schools that you listed.</p>